Chapter 222 20. Those who only know how to plot are not careerists
The Demon Lizard Chariot that had fallen into the sea finally got rid of the influence of the ice and began to float.
The bat girl held her head, which was so hot that it felt like it was boiling. She weakly jumped out of the driver's seat and shot out her flying claws towards the tide in front of her, pulling Jason to her side with difficulty.
But she was suffering from terrible pain in her brain and couldn't even complete this action. With a flick of her wrist, she lay down on the armor of the Demon Lizard Tank, and the therapeutic injection she drew out of her hand slipped into the bobbing sea water next to her.
"No."
Barbara looked at the two barrels floating on the water in the distance, and she groaned in pain:
"Who will help me"
Perhaps Bat Girl's prayer was really heard by something. The moment she tried to get up, the therapeutic injection that had sunk into the seawater was lifted out of the water by a weird tentacled hand covered with white horn and barnacles. Lifted it up.
A twisted shadow moved quickly in the water, and the other hand pushed Jason Todd, who was sinking into the water, onto the armor of the Demon Lizard tank suspended on the sea.
Barbara looked into the water.
A familiar weather-beaten face, a few gold teeth in his mouth, and an old hat on his head can be vaguely seen across the water, but his body has been twisted into a half-monster like the captain he was at this time. look like.
"Captain Barbossa"
Barbara called.
The twisted shadow under the water waved goodbye to her without looking back, and then disappeared into the cold, turbid water.
The Bat Girl pulled Erbong, who had a terrifyingly low body temperature, and took out the injection of life-saving potion mixed with unicorn blood that Mason had given her, and inserted it into Jason's neck, and then put him into the demon In the driver's seat of the Lizard Chariot.
The thruster of this tank is undergoing self-inspection and repair. As a technological weapon of the future era, it has a complete biological monitoring and protection system, in which the seriously injured Erbun will be treated and maintained.
With Mason's magical potion, as long as his head is not chopped off, he can still be saved. At the worst, he can send Erbong to Judy and put some prosthetics on him and he will be a good man again in a short time.
"Old De, we have to go back and send us there. The sea water is heating up and the world can't hold on anymore."
Barbara climbed back into the cockpit with difficulty.
She grabbed a bag of ice cubes and put it on her hot forehead to physically cool her forehead. In this case, she didn't dare to connect to the demon lizard's consciousness console again. Fortunately, the machine was in pieces and dismantled by Bizarro. There is also an old driver AI operating in the tank.
And at the moment when this thing was struggling to start up, a hand covered with cracks snapped onto the scandium alloy reactive armor of the Demon Lizard tank.
Then a guy with a knife stuck in his back struggled to climb onto the roof.
This movement was immediately captured by the tank's external surveillance system. The moment Barbara saw the miserable zombie superman climbing up, she grabbed the Mox shotgun at hand.
She glanced at the unconscious Er Tong beside her, gritted her teeth, and shouted to the car AI:
"The self-destruction program is activated! Draman, shoot us two bullets out and kill this guy by the way!"
"Calm down! Passenger No. 4, the target seems to be talking!"
The intelligent AI Draman stopped Barbara's overreaction. It activated the sound collection module and let the weak voice of the zombie superman lying behind the tank be transmitted into the cockpit.
What the guy said was:
"Help. The weak enemy who brought the monster. I fell asleep. Kill me"
"Is this a provocation? So stubborn?"
Barbara's teeth were scratched with sparks, but Delamain explained:
"Passenger No. 1 said before that all behaviors of this life form, including thinking, are upside down. Therefore, this program guesses that what he really wants to express is that he hopes we can save him?"
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"Your team members are very powerful. All the fourth-ranked Superman guys in the Cleaner sequence have been defeated by you. It seems that Team K is not just a C-level team.
I probably understand why old Norman insisted that I stop by to talk to you. ”
In the ruins of the highest city hall in Virginia City, which was completely covered by the out-of-control tide, Tony Stark sat on a lame chair in the dim area and stared at the Fenrir suit in front of him.
To be precise, it was Mason who was staring at him in the control cabin after the armor ejected.
The fists of the giant power armor in front of this guy were raised.
The left arm is an enlarged-caliber freezing gun, and the right arm is an EMP jammer composed of an electromagnetic coil. Four high-energy particle shoulder cannons pop out from the shoulders of the silver-gray armor, constantly moving back and forth to aim at various important positions on his body.
As long as he makes the slightest move, Mason will turn the last 5% of his energy into a fatal attack and hit him.
At the foot of Fenrir's armor, there is a storage box of the red nano blood-edged armor that has been dismantled and only the remains are left. It is like a high-tech suitcase and is painted in a very classic red and gold color.
This thing is Mason's "trophy".
He has no intention of returning this thing to anyone or giving it to anyone.
"Are you going to remain silent like this? Are you going to glare at me to death?"
Mason's silence soon made Tony Stark in front of him unhappy. He crossed his legs on the lame chair, raised a watch-like instrument on his left arm and looked at it, and said very rudely:
"The impact is accelerating. There are only fifteen minutes left before the world finally collapses. It is conservatively estimated that we both have to set aside ten minutes to deal with each other's personal affairs, so there are only five minutes left to chat.
Do you want me to share some details from the Doomsday War more than three years ago to prove my identity? ”
"No need! I believe you are from Norman's side, otherwise it will definitely not be me who is unlucky first."
Mason squinted his eyes and asked:
"What position do you hold in the parent organization of the Society of Stars? Why did you enter here as a conqueror, etc. There is no need to answer the second question.
Are you here to pick up old J?
Will you and Quint be on the line? It's quite fast. ”
"Two mistakes!"
Tony Stark in front of Mason touched his coquettish beard, raised two fingers and said:
"First of all, I am not in the parent organization of the Society of Stars. I work in their brother organization. A place called the 'Fox Nest' is a gathering place for the best and most talented researchers in the parallel world.
The ‘Fox’s Nest’ is responsible for collecting various conjectures about the doomsday impact in various parallel worlds, perfecting and verifying them, in an attempt to restore the principles and truth of the impact.
This also leads to your second mistake.
I don't come as a conqueror, Mason.
I'm here as a frontline researcher.
The topic I am responsible for at this time is to collect the laws of various cosmological constant imbalances caused by the collision of two parallel planes when an impact occurs, in order to infer whether an instrument can be built to withstand such an impact.
I selected 248 target objects for this impact event to collect experimental data. At this moment, my 24 detectors are rotating around the two colliding worlds to collect various data.
So theoretically speaking, it's not that I entered your battlefield, but that you broke into my testing ground. ”
"Sounds awesome."
Mason somewhat believed what the guy in front of him said. He raised his eyebrows and said:
"So, is this really achievable?"
"Of course!
With the help of advanced or strange technologies recovered for us from various worlds by the good dogs of the Society of Stars, I am completely confident that I can completely collect all kinds of data when the worlds collide.
It's not difficult at all. ”
Tony Stark snapped his fingers and said:
"Even you can do it. You only need to be familiar with it for a while to design a similar instrument. In fact, I think a dog can do this next to a computer."
"No, no, no, I'm not talking about your data collection."
Mason corrected:
"I'm talking about your experimental idea of designing an instrument to withstand the collision of two worlds. Is this really achievable?"
"Uh, this."
Iron Man curled his lips, spread his hands frankly, and said:
"Of course it can't be done."
"Huh?"
Mason was stunned, and then heard the guy in front of him say in a long and unbeatable voice:
"If I could do this kind of thing, I would have solved the impact incident from the root. Then would I still have free time to come here and chat with you, a little guy?
This research project was originally established to facilitate the concealment of my identity and to defraud funds in order to support old Norman's actions in staying in his hometown.
This project is very popular and will not be suspected. In the entire fox nest, a brick was thrown and ten scientific research dogs were killed. At least six of them were engaged in similar projects.
Three of the remaining four are still pretending magicians trying to use magical means to achieve this goal.
The last one is a total psychopath. ”
Iron Man snorted, shook his head and said:
"But it's not that simple. This matter is more troublesome than you think. The Fox Nest was established before the Star Council and swallowed up countless resources, but so far it hasn't even come up with anything.
I have to tragically admit that the result of our work at this time is a pile of answers. ”
"No way?"
Mason said in surprise:
"Countless geniuses from countless worlds have gathered together to study for more than 20 years. It's impossible that they can't even come up with an answer, right?"
"No, on the plus side, we do have the answer."
Tony rubbed his forehead and explained:
"The bad thing is, we fucking have too many answers.
There are no less than 150 mathematical model conjectures for impact events in Fox Nest's database. The worst thing is that each of them can be confirmed from some direction.
This means that every one of those wild and even contradictory ideas is correct”
"This is impossible!"
Mason immediately shook his head and said:
"I can understand that there are multiple solutions to a question, but this kind of thing"
"The simpler the question, the more solutions there are."
Tony Stark stood up and walked out of the shadow zone with his hands behind his back. He raised his head and looked at Mason as the earth trembled, and said:
"This shows that the truth of the impact incident is not as complicated as we thought. There is no conspiracy and no terrible villain. Maybe it is just a self-destruction of the entire parallel world system that is too outdated.
Just like every universe will eventually enter heat death, and every life will usher in death.
If you are too old, you must die once.
Of course, this is not what I want to discuss with you in the remaining two minutes. Frankly speaking, it is a bit too difficult for you to consider this matter at your research level.
I'm actually just bringing you a message for Norman, Mason. ”
"Ka"
The control cabin of the Fenrir armor bounced outward, and Mason, wearing the Isu armor, jumped out, faced Tony Stark in front of him, and said:
"I've only met him before, less than 24 hours ago. Since he asked you to bring me a message, it means there are some things he can't say in front of me.
Is there a monitor around him? ”
"Not yet, but he doesn't want to arouse the suspicion of his 'new friends'."
Iron Man shrugged and said:
"Although it sounds troublesome, Norman was able to hide under the eyes of the Star Club for three years because of this kind of caution and skill. Your Quint Club is indeed not simple.
Thanks to your help, we have been in contact with them in various aspects. They have initially taken over our system and incorporated our intelligence network into theirs.
They are very efficient, seem to have strong execution capabilities, and are very welcoming to new friends.
The only problem is that they have taken over our intelligence systems and are demanding that we cease all covert search and sabotage operations against the Order.
The reason is that we are afraid of being exposed.
But honestly, this behavior makes me very suspicious of their motives. ”
Hearing this, Mason raised his eyes and said quietly:
"We really can't check everything. What if we really find something embarrassing? I probably understand what old Norman means, and he also begins to suspect that Quint knows it.
It's the same idea as me.
I feel more and more now that maybe Quint is just a group of 'reformists' rather than the 'opposition' we originally thought. They want to take over and transform the Society of the Stars, not the total overthrow and disbandment that I want. ”
"Yes, that's what I mean. You are indeed a smart person."
Tony nodded happily, looked at Mason, and said:
"That's what Norman wanted me to tell you.
He's not happy with the situation, so he plans to continue being friends with you.
Because he knows you really want to turn the dark ages that the stars will shape into upside down, and that's what he and the rest of us are here for.
Norman Osborne knows that you doubt his sincerity. He has no intention of proving it. He just guessed the difficulty of your operation, so he entrusted me to help you when you are about to be wiped out.
What he meant was obvious.
He does not expect or expect that you can trust us, but when you fall into despair, you can at least count on us to pull you out of the quagmire. In many cases, this is actually the basis for in-depth cooperation between the two parties. ”
"No, I don't know what you think, but I know old Norman is doing all this just to be in power."
Mason bluntly debunked this statement, saying:
"The ambitious man couldn't get ahead in the previous Stars Society, so he placed his hope in the Quint Society. Now he finds that the Quint Society is also the same breed but is not willing to just be an executor.
He hopes that he and not anyone else will take over the Star Club, and he thinks he can do a better job than the current Insects.
Tony, do you believe Norman Osborn? Or let me ask you a question I asked Norman, why have you been lurking in the fox den for more than three years? ”
"Many people died, but I am still alive."
Tony Stark moved his neck and said:
"So the unfinished business of those who died should be carried out by those of us who are still alive. I lost a lot that night three years ago, and almost all of my best friends were gone.
I didn't like Steve, he was pretty much my opposite, but I was sorry and angry about his death.
Listen!
I'm not interested in what Norman really thinks. I don't give a damn what he wants to do! I just know that working with him will bring me one step closer to my goals.
I might as well tell you the truth, Mason.
My friends and I are close to finding the world coordinates of the 'superior organization', and the layer-encrypted 'evil heart' is about to be exposed in front of us.
Then"
The Iron Man in front of him showed a ferocious smile, which disappeared briefly, then adjusted his collar in a gentle tone, winked at Mason and said:
"You know, my friends and I will treat them the same way they treat other worlds! Now give me an answer, Mason, are you planning to follow your superiors and continue to hang out with Quint?
Or do you want to stand with Norman and us? ”
Faced with this problem, Mason shrugged and said:
"Why do I have to choose one? Why can't I have both?"
"Huh?"
Tony Stark glanced at him in surprise, and Mason did not hide it. He said:
"The foundation of the existence of the Association of Stars is the door to the world. If you want to destroy this organization, you must first smash that door and kill the devil guarding that door.
So, you see, we both have our own things to do.
You have to secretly search for the world where the 'superior organization' is located, and I'm here to take care of the world gate. We all need a place where we can meet and give us temporary shelter.
Why do we have to choose this time to set up our own business?
And my superior
He is also someone you can fight for. Leave this to me. In addition, when you take your friends to ignite the world where the 'superior organization' is and burn the initiator of everything to ashes, don't forget to call me. . ”
Mason shrugged and said:
"I really don't want to miss that good show."
"Okay, I'll treat you as our friend for now, Mason."
Tony Stark took a deep look at the young man in front of him. He reached out and patted Mason on the shoulder and said:
"But to join our 'party', you and your people need to be a little more powerful. The little girl in your team has the data consciousness that controls Bizarro trapped in a component in her head. This is not safe. Options.
Arnim Zola, who regards Bizarro as a perfect body and has been hiding in the mindless superhuman mind to control him, is a dangerous opponent. You'd better put his data consciousness in a tighter prison.
Now, take your men and leave, Mason. There is nothing left to see in this world that will be sacrificed to the dark stars.
My experiments must continue.
Although I was cheating on funds, the consequences of not being able to get anything back would be very miserable. I didn’t want to be executed by those guys in the name of ‘wasting resources’.
Especially now that I know they're really capable of something like this. ”
Iron Man snapped his fingers, and a new suit quickly appeared on his body. This unattractive guy admired the surprised expression on Mason's face at this time.
He winked and said in a pleasant tone:
"Also, you don't really think that defeating a suit of armor means you have defeated the famous Iron Man, do you? To achieve this goal, you have to work harder, C-level personnel." (End of Chapter)< br>